The conflict over document formats has taken a twist as some advocates for OpenDocument, or ODF, abandon the format in favor of the World Wide Web (W3) Consortium's Compound Document Formats standard.
Although it has missed its original February release target, the public beta release of version 8.0 of IBM's Lotus Notes collaboration and e-mail platform will be made available in early March.
The popularity of OpenOffice, the open source productivity suite, will be key to the financial success of Novell, said company president and CEO, Ron Hovsepian, who hopes to be a 'custodian' between the open source community and the commercial world. Also: Watch the videos.
Once mired in a stagnant market, IBM's Lotus division will use industry standards to loosen Microsoft's grip on desktop software, according to the outgoing Lotus general manager.
IBM's Lotus division plans to bulk up the Macintosh version of its Notes client software, citing the Mac's growing market share.
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The software company has made a big show about opening up its APIs, but has it really changed its stance towards open source?
In Mannheim, a preference for "open" standards -- not cost -- is driving the German city's shift to Linux.
Microsoft launches 3-D photo viewer Photosynth
Microsoft Live Labs' latest project is actually an old one with a new twist. Windows-only Photosynth lets you … Watch it now
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